History Awesome / KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep

** As Aqua and Mickey encounter a spacey Ven, the former approaches him to ask what is going on. Mickey instantly realizes there's something fishy about the situation, so when "Ven" reveals himself to be Vanitas possessing the poor kid and immediately tries to stab Aqua with the χ-Blade, the King jumps in, blocking in with his Star Seeker when the χ-Blade was ''millimeters'' from Aqua's heart]]! It's right there you know King Mickey [[TookALevelInBadass took one of his many levels in badass]].

** If you count the [[BonusBoss secret bosses]], Aqua also fights: the [[AnimatedArmor Lingering Spirits]] of Vanitas, Eraqus, and Xehanort; a younger version of Master Xehanort possessing TimeMaster powers; an Unversed monster that loses more of its restraints after every fight, becoming stronger; and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a whale]]. All of these are non-canon, of course, but it's an impressive feat for someone who just obtained her Mark of Mastery.

* One for Aqua that's not even in the story. When the BonusBoss Mysterious Figure appears before Ventus and Terra and summons his laser blades, the two of them summon their Keyblades with a surprised look on their faces. When the same thing happens to Aqua, she just calmly summons her Keyblade like it's no big thing with a "let's do this!" look on her face.

** Making it better, it's repeatedly implied throughout the various games that Scrooge does ''not'' have magic. So, he's ready to fight the unversed with ''only his walking stick.'' Considering what it's capable of in [[VideoGame/DuckTales the NES DuckTales game and its remake]], it's likely he very well would have fought ''and won.''

** Making it better, it's repeatedly implied throughout the various games that Scrooge does ''not'' have magic. So, he's ready to fight the unversed with ''only his walking stick.'' Considering what it's capable of in [[VideoGame/DuckTales the NES DuckTales game and its remake]], it's likely he very well would have.

** As Aqua and Mickey encounter a spacey Ven, the former approaches him to ask what is going on. Mickey instantly realizes there's something fishy about the situation, so when "Ven" reveals himself to be Vanitas possessing the poor kid and immediately tries to stab Aqua with the χ-Blade, the King jumps in, blocking in with his Star Seeker when the χ-Blade was ''millimeters'' from Aqua's heart]]! It's right there you know King Mickey [[TookALevelInBadass took one of his many levels in badass.

* Mickey declares that they Keyblade is "not something you use to just bully people around". This is the mouse who ''stole a Star Shard from Yen Sid and ran away.'' Reckless he may be, an immature idiot he is ''not''; Yen Sid even says so himself - Mickey is a good, if impetuous, King.

-->'''Terranort:'''[[OhCrap Your body submits, your heart succumbs - so why does your mind RESIST?]]

--->'''Terranort:'''[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Even when you're reduced to mere thoughts -]][[VillainousBreakdown YOU STILL TRY TO DEFY ME?!]]
* A villainous example: when Vanitas explains how he creates the Unversed, he casually creates a whole bunch of Unversed, including Floods, Tank Topplers, and a Trinity Armor, and then just as casually dismisses and reabsorbs all of them. The first time through, those guys could beat you right up, but he doesn't even acknowledge it as even a thing.

** For those of you who hate Chain of Memories - she's ''why'' it exists.

* Like two of the final bosses in KHII, the No Heart boss starts out sitting on his throne. Unlike II, he gets his ass out of that chair midway through! If you're not prepared for this he will wreck your shit.

** To make that line better - Merlin taught ''Donald'' magic. Donald can be ''deadly'' if you set him up right and his Duck Flare and Fantasia limits are incredibly dangerous to the enemy. And Donald can pull off [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII Zettaflare]]

** To make that line better - Merlin taught ''Donald'' magic. Donald can be ''deadly'' if you set him up right and his Duck Flare and Fantasia limits are incredibly dangerous to the enemy. And need we forget [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII Zettaflare]]?
* Aqua states that she's sure she didn't meet Kairi by accident. She's right, as we know. What is ''actually'' happening is that '''''fate itself''''' is deciding that Xehanort is wrong and is playing a game of World Chess with everyone, shoving and sliding them into the positions they need to be for Xehanort to eventually be defeated.

* All three final bosses.
** Terra stands face-to-face with Xehanort, with the former ready to tear apart the latter for murdering his mentor/father-figure.
--->'''Terra:''' You will pay, Xehanort! ''(begins to emanate darkness)'' Was my Master- no, my father, Eraqus not enough for you? [[TrueCompanions Leave my friends alone]]!
** Hell even before Terra's final boss, he screams awesome. While Master Xehanort is telling him to give into the darkness, Terra curls in, and lets out an enormous roar that just screams 'I'm pissed as hell and not gonna take it anymore.' Shivers up the spine, man...
** When Master Xehanort [[spoiler:commits GrandTheftMe on Terra and emerges as the young Xehanort, he begins to walk away when Terra's armor reforms and conjures a barrier of light around the arena. First, ThemeMusicPowerUp because the battle theme is "Rage Awakened", the theme when fighting the Lingering Will. Second, Terra uses the PowerOfHate to become AnimatedArmor and battle Xehanort, who is now controlling in his own body. Third, you get to control ThatOneBoss and deal a beatdown on the main antagonist of the series who up until now has been TheUnfought. Fourth, for once the barrier around the arena isn't the boss's, it's Terra's -- he's making sure Xehanort has nowhere to run. Fifth and finally, it's ''Xehanort''. Not Ansem, not Xemnas, not Master Xehanort. After dealing with his alter-egos for five games before, you finally face Xehanort himself, and he's a LightningBruiser MagicKnight with access to [[MirrorBoss every single attack you've come to rely on during the game]].]]
** Ventus uses HeroicWillpower to unfreeze himself to protect Aqua from Vanitas. Then Vanitas unmasks himself and [[spoiler:merges with Ventus, leading to a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind on a corrupted Dive to the Heart showing Vanitas opposite Ventus. Ventus fights knowing full well that if he destroys the χ-Blade, both of them will lose their hearts. But as he says, "anything to save Terra and Aqua". And the fight ends with the two using their Keyblades to fire a giant BeamOWar, Ventus overpowering Vanitas to charge up his FinishingMove and deal the final blow.]]
--->'''Ven:''' [[CallForward My friends are my power, and I'm theirs!]]
*** Something particular to note about the whole Ven-Van clash: [[spoiler: only when fighting Vanitas is Ventus well and truly ''pissed off''. Recall Aqua's line: "What else is darkness but hate and rage?" Ven has a ''heart of pure light''. Being in such close proximity with his former darkness, [[BeyondTheImpossible Ven manages to become]] ''[[BeyondTheImpossible empathically]]'' [[BeyondTheImpossible enraged]].]]
** As Aqua and Mickey encounter a spacey Ven, the former approaches him to ask what is going on. [[spoiler:Mickey instantly realizes there's something fishy about the situation, so when "Ven" reveals himself to be Vanitas possessing the poor kid and immediately tries to stab Aqua with the χ-Blade, the King jumps in, blocking in with his Star Seeker when the χ-Blade was ''millimeters'' from Aqua's heart]]! It's right there you know King Mickey [[TookALevelInBadass took one of his many levels in badass]].
*** Also a crowning moment for [[spoiler:Vanitas, in which he shows that he is ''not'' a stupid villain. This is the second time that he's attacked Aqua without warning, because he's faced her twice in the past and she won. He's the only villain smart enough to use sneak attacks.]]
** And of course, there's the TrueFinalBoss. [[spoiler:You get to fight Xehanort ''again'' as Aqua, and he's just as powerful as when you fought him with Terra. Then he busts out ''the Guardian''. And Aqua still kicks his ass.]]

** To make that line better - Merlin taught ''Donald'' magic. Donald can be ''deadly'' if you set him up right and his Duck Flare and Fantasia limits are incredibly dangerous to the enemy. And need we forget [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII Zettaflare]]]]?
* Aqua [[spoiler:creates Castle Oblivion. This place was the whole mysterious setting of ''Chain of Memories'' and it's a mindfuck when you learn that it was Aqua who created it. She modified a whole world!]] [[note]] Technically, it was her predecessors who created this "little trick", but she's responsible for activating it [[/note]].
** For those of you who hate Chain of Memories - she's ''why'' it exists.
* Aqua, gameplay-wise, gets kudos because [[spoiler: she canonically beats ''both'' of the other main character's final bosses. Hell, she took on Ventus's twice! ''And'' she beat the MemeticBadass, Vanitas, three times, with the last one being when he is in possession of the ultimate weapon!]]
** Final Mix adds [[spoiler: a substantial amount of Pureblood Heartless, including a Heartless ''apex predator'', all of which are fought on their own turf in the Realm of Darkness ]] to Aqua's kill count.
** If you count the [[BonusBoss secret bosses]], Aqua also fights:[[spoiler: the [[AnimatedArmor Lingering Spirits]] of Vanitas, Eraqus, and Xehanort; a younger version of Master Xehanort possessing TimeMaster powers; an Unversed monster that loses more of its restraints after every fight, becoming stronger; and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a whale]]]]. All of these are non-canon, of course, but it's an impressive feat for someone who just obtained her Mark of Mastery.

* Terra does an amazing powerup and then delivers a brutal beatdown on Master Xehanort, [[StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred just as the old man wanted]].[[spoiler: Relying so much on hate and vengeance and darkness left him vulnerable to GrandTheftMe. Even after he realized that Master Xehanort manipulated him, he still danced to the villain's lute.]]

* The scene where Terra is [[spoiler: watching his home world being destroyed]] was pretty freakin' sweet. Not because the world itself was being destroyed (that's sad), but with the way the camera shook while he was just watching made the scene look intense.
* After [[spoiler:Ventus is frozen solid by Xehanort, he is dropped down to where Aqua is, who then has to fight Braig, and all he can do is watch. Then Aqua gets hit by Vanitas' sneak attack, and Ventus '''DEFROSTS HIMSELF WITH HIS ANGER''' to fight him.]]
* "You may be [[spoiler: my master]] but, '''I will not let you hurt my friend!'''" was an epic one for Terra, even if it turned out [[DespairEventHorizon pretty]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero badly]] [[PoorCommunicationKills for]] [[GrandTheftMe him]].
* Terra gets a short but effective TheReasonYouSuckSpeech against the Evil Queen.
-->'''The Queen:''' I ordered you to bring me Snow White's heart! \\
'''Terra:''' A request I chose to ignore. You know, you claim to be radiant, but all I see are shadows of jealousy, hanging thick on your heart.
* Vanitas [[spoiler:forging the X-Blade, after some great gloating too.]]
* The moment [[spoiler:Terranort]] realizes he's ''fucked''.
-->[[spoiler: '''Terranort:'''[[OhCrap Your body submits, your heart succumbs - so why does your mind RESIST?]]]]

--->[[spoiler: '''Terranort:'''[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Even when you're reduced to mere thoughts -]][[VillainousBreakdown YOU STILL TRY TO DEFY ME?!]]]]

* A villainous example has to be when Braig, pissed that he got scarred from a fight that Xehanort set up, starts shooting at him. How does Xehanort take this? He just sits back and lets the bullets hit his shield. And then, when Braig gets in close range, Xehanort just summons his Keyblade right to his throat, causing Braig to back down his aggressiveness.
** Xehanort's face during all this. It looks like he's just laughing off all his pitiful attempts to do any damage.
* Another villainous example: when Vanitas explains how he [[spoiler:creates the Unversed, he casually creates a whole bunch of Unversed, including Floods, Tank Topplers, and a Trinity Armor, and then just as casually dismisses and reabsorbs all of them. The first time through, those guys could beat you right up, but he doesn't even acknowledge it as even a thing.]]
* The entirety of Aqua's journey through the Enchanted Dominion. Captured and thrown in a dungeon with Prince Phillip, the two fight their way out of the castle room by room, taking down hordes of Maleficent's goons, to confront Maleficent herself on the bridge to Aurora's castle. Then Maleficent turns into a dragon and Aqua and Philip work together to bring her down.
** Ventus gets a minor one for the Enchanted Dominion: Ventus fights Maleficent - not the dragon, but pure Mistress-of-all-Evil ''Maleficent'' - in a one-on-one battle and ''wins''. In the following cutscene, Maleficent, while not down, is actually worn out. [[note]] He has assistance from the Three Good Fairies but only in terms of an optional reaction command [[/note]].
* Aqua has to fight Hades during her visit to Olympus Coliseum and he uses the rules to his advantage to summon a fake Ice Titan as backup (Rule #2: Combatants may call for backup) and Zack tries to be Aqua's backup and she declines and takes them both on alone and wins. She took on a fake Ice Titan and a god and won.
* Like two of the final bosses in KHII, the No Heart boss starts out sitting on his throne. Unlike II, he gets his ass out of that chair midway through! If you're not prepared for this he will wreck your shit.

* ''Blank Points'' implies that Aqua has been aimlessly wandering the realm of Darkness of years nonstop. It is made even more awesome in the Final Mix version which shows she's been constantly attacked by heartless that can very easily kill the player this ENTIRE TIME and she has somehow survived this. Aqua defines the word {{Determinator}}.
* ''Blank Points'' also gives [[spoiler:Eraqus]] a posthumous one: [[spoiler:Before dying, he preemptively gave his LightEmUp Heart to Terra to later counter Master Xehanort's CastingAShadow one -- proving why MX can't touch Terra's Heart despite having his Body. Even MX's impressed:]]
-->[[spoiler:'''MX:''' "Oh? So that's how it is, is it? Someone else has set foot in your Heart. Eraqus, you sly fox..."]]
** It's implied that Xehanort considers Eraqus a worthy foe because of it. He tricks and manipulates everyone else, but Eraqus? Eraqus gets a quick death, worthy of a Master.
* The [[CoolOldLady Fairy Godmother]] stopping Aqua from presumably murdering Lady Tremaine and her daughters by telling the young Keyblade Master that light and darkness go hand & hand, and cannot exist without each other. Thus, she must guard the light instead of smiting the darkness.
** If what King Triton said in the original game is true, it takes guts for even a fairy to stop a potentially dangerous and untrustworthy Keybearer from disrupting the world order, even if the targets of assassination deserved death.
* Even Cinderella herself gets her moment of awesome. She's not an ActionGirl in this continuity, but her desire to reach the ball is strong enough for her to willingly march through corridors full of Unversed. Unlike Snow White, she shows a lot of guts when it comes to them. Even Terra notes how calm and composed she is through this ordeal.
--> '''Cinderella''': ''Didn't you tell me the importance of being strong?''
* The fact that Xehanort wins on this occasion and sets up a ''very'' far-ranging {{plan}} that takes ''over a decade'' for it all to come to fruition and leaves the worlds splintered and plunged into darkness and the lights down several people - one of which is ''owned by the evil one!''
* We're not sure ''how'' it is physically possible, but Creator/RichardEpcar manages to ''out ham the past version of himself!'' He's obviously having one hell of a time when it comes to recording the words! Thought he was hammy in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' and the other games? Yeah, no. '''''This game''''' is Richard Epcar, at his hammiest... and probably ''on'' something, and we're not sure what said thing he's on is... but we want some because it is ''absolutely fucking glorious.''
* Aqua states that she's sure she didn't meet Kairi by accident. She's right, as we know. What is ''actually'' happening is that '''''fate itself''''' is deciding that Xehanort is wrong and is playing a game of World Chess with everyone, shoving and sliding them into the positions they need to be for Xehanort to eventually be defeated.
* Mickey declares that they Keyblade is "not something you use to just bully people around". This is the mouse who ''stole a Star Shard from Yen Sid and ran away.'' Reckless he may be, an immature idiot he is ''not''; Yen Sid even says so himself - Mickey is a good, if impetuous, King.
* Because of his random bopping around the universe with a Star Shard, the King eventually discovers Gummi Blocks and a use for them as travelling between the world.

** Making it better, it's repeatedly implied throughout the various games that Scrooge does ''not'' have magic. So, he's ready to fight the unversed with ''only his walking stick.''

--->[[spoiler: '''Terranort:'''[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Your body submits, your heart succumbs -]][[VillainousBreakdown AND YET YOU STILL DEFY ME?!]]]]

** To make that line better - Merlin taught ''Donald'' magic. Donald can be ''deadly'' if you set him up right and his Duck Flare and Fantasia limits are incredibly dangerous to the enemy.

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* The entirety of Aqua's journey through the Enchanted Dominion. Captured and thrown in a dungeon with Prince Phillip, the two fight their way out of the castle room by room, taking down hordes of Maleficent's goons, to confront Maleficent herself on the bridge to Aurora's castle. Then she turns into a dragon and Aqua and Philip work together to bring her down.
** Ventus gets a minor one for the Enchanted Dominion: Ventus pretty much fights Maleficent - not the dragon, but pure Mistress-of-all-Evil ''Maleficent'' - in a one-on-one battle and ''wins''. In the following cutscene, Maleficent, while not down, is actually worn out.

* ''Blank Points'' implies that Aqua has been aimlessly wandering the realm of Darkness of years pretty much nonstop. Made even more awesome in the Final Mix version which shows she's been constantly attacked by heartless that can very easily kill the player constantly this ENTIRE TIME and has somehow survived this. Aqua pretty much defines the word Determinator.

* The [[CoolOldLady Fairy Godmother]] stopping Aqua from presumably murdering Lady Tremaine and her daughters by telling the young Keyblade Master that light and darkness go hand & hand, and cannot exist without each other (Even though it turns out to be a BrokenAesop, but still...).

* Even Cinderella herself gets her moment of awesome. She's not an ActionGirl in this continuity, but her desire to reach the ball is strong enough for her to willingly march through corridors full of Unversed. Unlike Snow White, she shows a lot of guts when it comes to them.
* The fact that Xehanort wins on this occasion and sets up one ''enormous'' BatmanGambit that takes ''over a decade'' for it all to come to fruition and leaves the worlds splintered and plunged into darkness and the lights down several people - one of which is ''owned by the evil one!''

** When Master Xehanort [[spoiler:commits GrandTheftMe on Terra and emerges as the young Xehanort, he begins to walk away when Terra's armor reforms and conjures a barrier of light around the arena. First, ThemeMusicPowerUp because the battle theme is "Rage Awakened", the theme when fighting the Lingering Will. Second, Terra uses the PowerOfHate to become AnimatedArmor and battle Xehanort in his own body. Third, you get to take control ThatOneBoss to deal a beatdown on the main antagonist of the series who up until now has been TheUnfought. Fourth, for once the barrier around the arena isn't the boss's, it's Terra's -- he's making sure Xehanort has nowhere to run. Fifth and finally, it's ''Xehanort''. Not Ansem, not Xemnas, not Master Xehanort. After dealing with his alter-egos for five games before, you finally face Xehanort himself, and he's a LightningBruiser MagicKnight with access to [[MirrorBoss every single attack you've come to rely on during the game]].]]

*** Something particular to note about the whole Ven-Van clash: [[spoiler: only when fighting Vanitas is Ventus well and truly ''pissed off''. Recall Aqua's line: "What else is darkness but hate and rage?" Ven has a ''[[BeyondTheImpossible heart of pure light]]''. Being in such close proximity with his former darkness, Ven manages to become ''empathically'' enraged.]]

* Aqua [[spoiler:creates Castle Oblivion. This place was the whole mysterious setting of ''Chain of Memories'' and it's almost a mindfuck when you learn that it was Aqua who created it. She modified a whole world!]]

* Aqua, gameplay-wise, [[spoiler: she canonically beats ''both'' of the other main character's final bosses. Hell, she took on Ventus's twice! ''And'' she beat the MemeticBadass, Vanitas, three times, with the last one being when he is in possession of the ultimate weapon!]]

* The [[CoolOldLady Fairy Godmother]] stopping Aqua from presumably murdering Lady Tremaine and her daughters by the young Keyblade Master that light and darkness go hand & hand, and cannot exist without each other. (Even though it turns out to be a BrokenAesop, but still...)
** [[MoralEventHorizon But given what happens afterwards]], you'd really think Aqua should've gone through with the killings after all? To be fair, the Fairy Godmother did have a point in sparing the trio despite being homicidal monsters who's anger nearly caused a monster to level a castle just hours earlier, as attacking them could've resulted in the χ-blade being formed and bring the Castle of Dreams into a Keyblade War. If what King Triton said in the original game is true, it takes guts for even a fairy to stop a potentially dangerous and untrustworthy Keybearer from starting a war, even if the targets of assassination deserved death.

* The fact that Xehanort wins on this occasion and sets up one ''enormous'' batman gambit that takes ''over a decade'' for it all to come to fruition and leaves the worlds splintered and plunged into darkness and the lights down several people - one of which is ''owned by the evil one!''

* We're not sure ''how'' it is physically possible, but Creator/RichardEpcar manages to ''out ham the past version of himself!'' He's obviously having one hell of a time when it comes to recording the words!